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the program
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overview
in/outputs
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help files
introduction
starting off
the method
calculations
initial state
the plots
constants
print outs
Earth escape
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Outputs - mission analysis



The program has an eleborate output scheme. There is a full written report that details all the critical milestones of the optimized trajectory - the coordinates of each thrust, when the spacecraft leaves Earth's gravitational field and enters a heliocentric ellipse centered at the Sun; and then when it enter's Mars' gravity.


mission report


There are also a total of eight plots that are generated for each flight path, detailing how the integrator works, and how the trajectory behaves near Earth or near Mars. On this particular plot, the "nominal" trajectory is shown in yellow. This same line is drawn on all the plots so you can see more clearly how drastically the flight path changes as the mission design inputs are varied.


graphical outputs

Finally, the exact data for each plot are accessible, as described in "the code" tab.

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